National Air and Space Museum

High school (ages 12+)
Transportation

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/national-air-and-space-museum

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was National Air and Space Museum built?1946
2. How big is National Air and Space Museum?Aviation history, spaceflight, planetary science, terrestrial geology, geophysics
3. What is the main building opening?1976
4. What is the collection scope?Original primary or backup aircraft and spacecraft

Airfoil: The cross-sectional shape of a wing or blade designed to produce lift when moving through a fluid.
Bernoulli's Principle: States that an increase in the speed of a fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in pressure or a decrease in the fluid's potential energy.
Newton's Laws of Motion: Three fundamental laws describing the relationship between an object and the forces acting upon it and its motion in response.
Smithsonian Institution: A group of museums and research centers, administered by the United States government, dedicated to the increase and diffusion of knowledge.